Al-Sahifa e Alaviya

7 Dua'a Mashlool

This du-a'a known as
"supplication of the youth stricken for his sin," is quoted from the work of
Kaf-ami and from Muhaj al Da-wat by Sayyid ibn tawus. Through Imam
Hussain(as) it is reported that one day he and his father, after performing
Hajj, caught sight of a paralysed young man crying his eyes out in
repentance. They went near to console him and find out the reason of his
sorry plight. He was a habitual sinner, always teased his father, disobeyed
him and treated him with contempt. One day, disgusted, the father invoked
curse upon him. So he was affected with paralysis. Then and thereImam
Ali ibn abi Talib(as)wrote
his dua'a and gave it to him with instruction to recite after Isha salat.
Next day fully cured, he came to Imam Ali and said that he had recited the
dua'a as told and went to sleep. He saw the Holy prophet(sa) in the dream.
The holy prophet, gently touched his body with his hand and asked him to
remember this dua'a as it contain ismi azam (the great name of Allah).
Recite this dua'a after Isha salat. It brings countless blessings. All your
legitimate desires will be fulfilled. It drives away poverty and sickness.
Sins are for given. Debts are cleared. Enemies become friends. Domestic
affairs are set aright. Disputes are settled in your favour. Prisoners are
set free mental worries disappear. Prosperity, sound mind and healthy body
stand by you at all times.
Mercy and forgiveness of sins are the main advantages the almighty Allah
makes available if this dua'a is recited regularly.

"O You that answereth the prayers of the
disconsolate in the depth of darkness; O You that wardeth off the baneful
influences of calamities and diseases.
Lo, those who surrounded the Kaaba sleep and wake up; But You, Exalted be
thy Name, never sleepest.
Forgive me by the Grace of Thy Bounty and Thy Mercy.
O Though towards whom all creation bows down in this Sanctuary! If Thy
Mercy be not such as giveth hope to the transgressors, Then who is there
to take pity on the sinners by His Bounty?
" O Allah, I beseech Thee with Thy Name; the Name of Allah, the Most
Merciful, the Benign. O Lord of Majesty and Generosity; O Living; O
Self-Subsisting, O Ever-living, there is no God but You.
O You that are "He" of whom no one knoweth what "He" is, nor how "He" is,
nor where "He" is, except "He."
O Lord of the Great Kingdom and Supremacy. O Lord of Honour and
Omnipotence: O Sovereign Lord, O Holy One! O Peace; O Keeper of Faith; O
Guardian O Revered One; O Compeller; O Superb.
O Creator; O Maker of all things from nothing; O Artist; O Beneficent; O
Administrator; O Severe (in wrath); O Inventor; O Restorer; O Originator;
O Most Loving: O Praised;
O Adored. O You that are distant yet near; O Answerer of prayer; O
Observer; O Reckoner. O Innovator; O Exalted; O Unassailable; O Hearer. O
Knower; O Wise; O Bountiful; O Forbearing;
O Eternal; O Lofty; O Great. O most Compassionate; O Giver of all good; O
most perfect Requiter of good and evil; O You whose help is sought for. O
Majestic; O Glorious; O Trusted; O Guardian; O Alleviator of suffering; O
Fulfiller of hopes;
O Guide; O Magnanimous. O Giver of guidance; O Commencer; O First; O Last;
O Evident; O Hidden. O Established; O Everlasting; O Knowing; O Ruler; O
Dispenser of justice; O Equitable; O You that disjoineth and uniteth; O
Pure; O Purifier; O Powerful; O Almighty;
O Great; O Magnificent. O One; O Matchless; O Eternal; O Absolute; O You
that bareth none and is born of none; nor is there equal to Thee anyone
nor hath Thee any spouse; nor any bearer of Thy burden; nor any consultant
to give Thee advice; not does You need any supporter; nor is there with
You any other deity;
There is no God but You, and You are far exalted with great excellence
above all that which the unjust folk do say concerning Thee. O High and
Lofty; O most Glorious;
O Opener; O Diffuser of fragrance; O Tolerant; O Helper; O Victorious; O
Overtaker; O Destroyer; O Avenger; O Resurrector; O Inheritor; O Seeker; O
Conquerer; O You from Whom no fugitive can escape. O Acceptor of
repentance;
O Ever-forgiving; O Great Bestower; O Causer of all causes; O Opener of
doors (of relief and salvation); O You that answerest howsoever You are
invoked. O Purifier; O Giver of manifold rewards; O Excuser; O Pardoner; O
Light of all lights;
O Director of all affairs. O Ever Blissful; O All-Aware; O Protector; O
Luminous; O Seer; O Supporter; O Great. O Lone; O Unique; O Everlasting; O
Upholder; O Eternal and Absolute.
O Sufficer; O Healer; O Fulfiller of promises;
O Deliver. O Benefactor; O Beautifier; O Bestower of grace; O Grantor of
favors; O Gracious; O Peerless. O You that being Exalted overwhelmest; O
You that being Master of all hast absolute power; O You, who being hidden
are well informed; O You that being disobeyed forgiveth;
O You Whom no thought can fully comprehend; nor sight perceive nor from
whom any impression is hidden, O Nourisher of Mankind; O Ordainer of every
destiny. O You of Exalted position; O You Formidable in Thy foundations; O
Changer of times; O Acceptor of sacrifice; O You full of favors and
benefactions;
O Lord of Honor and Supremacy; O All Merciful; O most Compassionate; O You
that has each day a distinctive Glory while no aspect of Thy Glory is
erased by the prominence of another aspect. O You that are present in
every place.
O Hearer of all voices; O Answerer of prayers; O Giver of success in all
requirements; O Fulfiller of all needs;
O Bestower of blessings; O You that taketh pity on our tears. O You that
raiseth from the pitfalls; O You that relieveth agonies; O You that are
the Cherisher of good deeds.
O You that raiseth men in rank and degree; O You that accedeth to
requests; O You that bringeth the dead to life;
O You that gathereth together that which is scattered. O You that are
informed of all intentions; You that restoreth that which has been lost; O
You that are not confused by a multiplicity of voices; O You that are not
harassed by a multitude of petitions; and Whom no darkness can hide or
cover;
O Light of heaven and earth. O Perfector of blessings; O Averter of
calamaties; O Producer of zephyrs; O Gatherer of nations; O Healer of
disease; O Creator of light and darkness; O Lord of generosity and
munificence;
O You (on) whose throne no one can set foot! O You more generous than the
most generous; O You more munificent than the most munificent; O You most
keen of hearing than the most keen of hearing; O You more keen of vision
than the most perceiving; O Protecting neighbor of those that seek Thy
neighborhood.
O Refuge of the fearful; O Patron of the faithful; O Helper of those that
seek Thy help; O ultimate Goal of those that aspire. O Companion of all
strangers; O Friend of all the lonely ones;
O Refuge of all outcasts; O Retreat of all persecuted ones; O Guardian of
all those who stray. O You that takest pity on the aged and decrepit; O
You that nourisheth the little baby;
O You that joineth together broken ones; O Liberator of all prisoners; O
Enricher of the miserable poor;
O Protector of the frightened refugees; O You for Whom alone are both
destiny and disposal; O You for Whom all difficult things are simple and
easy; O You that doth not need any explanation.
O You Mighty over all things; O You Knower of all things. O You Seer of
all things. O You that maketh breezes blow; O You that cleaveth the
day-break; O Reviver of the spirits;
O Lord of Generosity and Clemency; O You in Whose hands are all keys. O
Hearer of all voices; O You earlier in time than all that have passed
away; O Giver of life to every soul after death.
O my Means of defense in confronting hardships; O my Guardian in strange
lands; O my Friend in my loneliness; O my Master in my bliss; O my Refuge
at the time when the journey doth tire me out and my kinsfolk hand me over
to my foes and all my comrades forsake me.
O Supporter of those who have no support; O Guarantor of those who have no
guarantee; O Wealth of those who have no wealth; O Means of those who have
no strength;
O Refuge of those who have no refuge; O Treasure of those who have no
treasure;
O Helper of those who have no helper;
O Neighbor of those who have no neighbor. O my Neighbor that are adjacent;
O my Support that are firm; O my God that are worshipped by virtue of
positive knowledge; O lord of the Ancient House (the Ka'ba);
O You full of loving and kindness; O nearest Friend. Liberate me from the
choking fetters, Remove from me all sorrow, suffering and grief,
Protect me from the evil that I am unable to bear, and help me in that
which I am unable to do. O You that didst restore Yusuf unto Yaqub; O You
that didst cure Ayyub of his malady;
O You that didst forgive the fault of Dawood; O You that didst lift up Isa
and saved him from the clutches of the Jews;
O You that didst answer the prayer of Yunus from the darkness; O You that
didst choose Musa by means of Thine inspired words;
O You that didst forgive the omission of Adam and lifted up Idris to an
exalted station by Thy mercy; O You that didst save Nooh from drowning;
O You that didst destroy the former tribe of Ad and then Thamud, so that
no trade of them remained, and destroyed the people of Noah aforetime,
for verily they were the most unjust and most rebellious; and overturned
the ruined and deserted towns;;
O You that destroyed the people of Lot; and annihilated the people of
Sho'aib; O You that chose Ibrahim as a friend;
O You that chose Musa as one spoken unto; and chose Muhammed (Thy
blessings be upon him and his Progeny) as Thy Beloved;
O You that gavest unto Luqman wisdom; and bestowed upon Sulaiman a kingdom
the like of which shall not be merited by anyone after him; O You that
didst afford succour unto the two-horned one against the mighty tyrants;
O You that didst grant unto Khizr immortality; and brought back for Yusha,
the son of Nun, the sun after it had set;
O You that gave solace unto the heart of Musa's mother; and protected the
chastity of Mariam, the daughter of Imran;
O You that didst fortify Yahya, the Son of Zakaria against sin; and abated
the wrath for Musa;
O You that gave glad tidings of (the Birth of) Yahya unto Zakaria; O You
that saved Ismaeel from slaughter by substituting for him the Great
Sacrifice;
O You that didst accept the offering of Habeel and placed the curse upon
Qabeel.
O Subduer of the alien hordes for Muhammad - the blessings of Allah be
upon him and his Progeny -
bestow Thy blessings upon Muhammad and his Progeny and upon all Thy
Messengers and upon the Angels that are near Thee and upon all Thine
obedient servants.
And I beg of Thee all the requests which anyone has begged of Thee with
whom You has been pleased and unto whom You has assured the granting
thereof,
O Allah, O Allah, O Allah, O Most Merciful, O Most Merciful,
O Most Merciful, O Most Beneficient, O Most Beneficient, O Most
Beneficient, O Lord of Majesty and Grace,
O Lord of Majesty and Grace, O Lord of Majesty and Grace. Through Thee,
Through Thee, Through Thee, Through Thee, Through Thee,
Through Thee,
Through Thee I beseech thee with the help of all the Names whereby You
hast named Thyself, or which You hast sent down in any of Thy inspired
Scriptures,
or Which You hast inscribed in Thy knowledge of the unknown; and (I
beseech Thee) in the name of the honored and exalted positions of Thy
Throne,
and in the name of the utmost extent of Thy Mercy as expressed in Thy Book
(the Quran) and in the name of that which
"If all the trees on earth were to become pens and all the seven seas ink,
the Words of Allah could not be fully written down.
"Verily Allah is the Honored, the Wise";
And I beseech Thee with the help of Thy Beautiful Names which You has
praised in Thy Book, saying,:Unto Allah belong the beautiful names -- so
call ye Him by Them;
And You hast said "Call unto Me and I shall answer you; and You has said,
"And when My servants ask something of Me, lo, I am near, and I grant the
prayer of the supplicant when he asks anything of Me, so pray ye unto Me
and believe in Me, that ye may be made perfect; And You has said,
"O My servants who have wronged yourselves, despair not of the Mercy of
Allah; verilly Allah forgiveth all the sins; verily He is the Forgiving,
the Merciful."
Therefore I pray unto Thee, My God, and I ask Thee, My Cherisher and
Sustainer, and I hope from Thee, my Chief,
and I crave Thy acceptance of my prayer,
O my Protector, even as You hast promised me, and I call upon Thee even as
You hast commanded me --
So, do unto me what pleases Thee to do, O Generous One! (Here the Devotee
should pray for the fulfillment of his valid desires.)

And all Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds, and
the blessings of Allah be upon Muhammad and all His Holy Descendants.